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From: Joseph Mallett <jmallett@xMach.org>
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Subject: docs/29984: random(4) manpage has typo
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>Number:         29984
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       random(4) manpage has typo
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Aug 23 02:50:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Joseph Mallett
>Release:        4.4-RC
>Organization:
xMach
>Environment:
NA
>Description:
random(4) manpage has the expression "worst case" in it, yet it is written as "worse case". It is common for people to pronounce it this way, yet as far as I know, the expression is 'worst case' as in 'worse case scenario' and 'in the worst case'. A patch is attached.
>How-To-Repeat:
man 4 random
>Fix:
Aphex% diff -u random.orig random.4
--- random.orig Thu Aug 23 09:47:24 2001
+++ random.4    Thu Aug 23 09:47:41 2001
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@
 and thus have some success in guessing the output of the routine.
 Phil Karn (who devised this mechanism of using MD5 plus a counter
 to extract random numbers from an entropy pool) calls this
-"practical randomness", since in the worse case this is equivalent
+"practical randomness", since in the worst case this is equivalent
 to hashing MD5 with a counter and an undisclosed secret.  If MD5 is
 a strong cryptographic hash, this should be fairly resistant to attack.
 .Ss Exported interfaces \(em output

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